[WRC] News & rumours (part IV) 2016

**Simmi** · 20th July 2016, 21:53

Originally Posted by SubaruNorway

It's a safety "issue" they say, don't think any of the privateers are more accident prone than any other really, more the other way around when you don't have to care so much about the car. When was the last time Prokop had a big crash...?

This is where the confusion lies because it hasn't been clearly communicated by the FIA - likely because they had no idea what they were doing.

I don't think anyone has ever actually said: Martin Prokop, Solberg, Bertelli etc - you can't drive a 2017 WRC car. That's just something that has been assumed due to lack of proper regs or information. Really I think the FIA just don't want some young teenager or some old dentist to be able to drive a 2017 car. They've made a rule that they don't really understand or know how to enforce. Creating a problem where there wasn't one.

**pantealex** · 21st July 2016, 06:27

Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

What is the big deal with 'what will the privateers drive in 2017' ? None of them can compete against the main WRC teams anyway.

If they can afford a 2017 WRC the likes of Prokop, Bertelli, Solberg etc still wont be competitive.

They should just enjoy their 2016 cars and unofficially compete with each other (as they do now).

Tänak?
VW2?
HyundaiN?

Who will decide which are factory teams?

What is the difference between DMackWRT and FuckmatieWRT as a team?
Both are run by M-Sport.

For me it´s more than OK that there will be old and new WRC´s competing

**MM WRC** · 21st July 2016, 08:06

There was never a plan to ban private-run 2017 WRC cars. FIA's plan was to restrict the drivers who are allowed to drive those cars. Tänak, Prokop, Solberg and even Bertelli are actually good drivers, so no problem for them to get the cars. FIA just doesn't want people like Al-Qassimi(s), Al-Rajhi, and Eurolamp Mini drivers to have them. Though it's not sure whether there will be enough 2017s for privateers in less than six months.

**AndyRAC** · 21st July 2016, 08:15

Originally Posted by Simmi

This is where the confusion lies because it hasn't been clearly communicated by the FIA - likely because they had no idea what they were doing.

So no change there then. They seem to be making it up as they go along. Somebody thought new 2017 cars was a good idea - so introduced them, but forgot all the other details...

**Franky** · 21st July 2016, 08:45

Originally Posted by MM WRC

There was never a plan to ban private-run 2017 WRC cars. FIA's plan was to restrict the drivers who are allowed to drive those cars. Tänak, Prokop, Solberg and even Bertelli are actually good drivers, so no problem for them to get the cars. FIA just doesn't want people like Al-Qassimi(s), Al-Rajhi, and Eurolamp Mini drivers to have them. Though it's not sure whether there will be enough 2017s for privateers in less than six months.

Hmm, Bertelli better than Al-Rahji?

**N.O.T** · 21st July 2016, 09:39

Originally Posted by MM WRC

There was never a plan to ban private-run 2017 WRC cars. FIA's plan was to restrict the drivers who are allowed to drive those cars. Tänak, Prokop, Solberg and even Bertelli are actually good drivers, so no problem for them to get the cars. FIA just doesn't want people like Al-Qassimi(s), Al-Rajhi, and Eurolamp Mini drivers to have them. Though it's not sure whether there will be enough 2017s for privateers in less than six months.

Prokop and Bertelli good drivers ? How do you sleep at night ?

**Morte66** · 21st July 2016, 12:33

Originally Posted by N.O.T

well most pro photographers have no clue about the sport

I think this doesn't just apply to rally...

I am also a fan of ballet dancing (yes, really), and the filming of ballet is just as bad. They cut to headshots during intricate footwork, they do close-ups when they need to show the flow of dancers across the stage, they edit at 8 second intervals rather than when one move finishes and another starts. The closest thing I've seen to good filming of dance is amateur parkour videos on Youtube, because that's filmed by people who appreciate the subject.

I think that professional photographers/videographers are people with no particular interst in the subject. They'll be on a rally today, a tennis match tomorrow, a wedding next weekend, tins of soup in dramatic lighting for an ad agency after that... And their editors are the same, so nobody tells them they're doing anything wrong.

The only think I can think of that might improve things is for groups of enthusiasts to get together and deposit stills/video into an editing pool. [Which does happen sometimes, I think.]

**Eli** · 21st July 2016, 12:35

http://www.autosport.com/news/report...7-wrc-car-spec

**er88** · 21st July 2016, 14:24

Msport and Hyundai are going to be really pushed for time aren't they? Hyundai could be back in the position they were in 2014 with a car that isn't a match for VW/ the new Citroën.

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